Ellen Pao plans to appeal the result of her gender-discrimination suit against Kleiner Perkins

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Pao, who lost her historic gender-discrimination lawsuit against venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has filed documents with the Superior Court of California indicating she intends to appeal the verdict. Pao will now have 40 days to file a briefing that outlines her grounds for appeal.

In March, a jury ruled against her on all four counts, finding her gender was not a substantial motivating factor for the firm’s decision not to promote her to senior partner. The high-profile trial put a spotlight on the secretive world of venture capital and revealed the inner workings at Kleiner Perkins and its male-dominated culture.

Kleiner Perkins has been trying to move past the whole ordeal. In April, the firm sought to recuperate from Pao close to a million dollars in legal costs (a sum that doesn’t include attorney fees), but offered to waive them if she agreed not to appeal. A Kleiner Perkins representative said the offer is still on the table until Pao files her briefing.

“A 12-member jury found decisively in favor of KPCB on all four claims,” the firm said in a statement. “We remain committed to gender diversity in the workplace and believe that women in technology would be best served by focusing on this issue outside of continued litigation.”